Vocabulary
Deprived
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits.
Urdu meaning
محروم کرنا، معزول، برطرفی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- BORN in the name of devolution, propagated as people`s rights, and celebrated as a victory for the deprived, the seventh National Finance Commission award has been nothing of the sort.
- Children, too, are forced into gruelling work, deprived of education and condemned to repeat the same cycle of poverty, their futures foreclosed before they even begin.
- The immediate effect was predictable: farmers, deprived of certainty, reduced sowing just as drought slashed rainfall by nearly half.
- They should not be deprived of their political, social, economic and legal rights.
- In other words, the treaty completely deprived the lower riparian of its rights.
Synonyms
disadvantaged, underprivileged, poverty-stricken, impoverished, poor, destitute, needy
Antonyms
fortunate, wealthy
Curator example
“the charity cares for destitute and deprived children”
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